Kung dominates Evenepoel at the start of the Tour of Switzerland

the swiss Stefan Kung (Groupama) had the honor of wearing the team leader’s jersey for the first time in his country. 86th edition of the Tour of Switzerland when prevailing in the first stage, a single time trial starts and ends in Einsiedeln, with a distance of 12.7 km.

If (Wil, 29 years old) was the king of the time trial and won the short but explosive 12 km course with a time of 13.31 minutes, at an average speed of 56.375 km/h. Second place went to the Belgian world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick Step) in 6 seconds, led by his compatriot wout van aert (Jumbo Visma) at 4.

In the competitive comeback, the Spanish Juan Ayuso, one of the references in this edition, signed in tenth place 25 seconds behind the winner, while Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) occupied the thirteenth place, 27 seconds behind. In this way, Ayuso started the Swiss round by giving 19 seconds to Evenepoel, the top favorite in the yellow jersey, and 15 to Van Aert.

The first important time trial reference was marked by a 21-year-old American Magnus Sheffield (Ineos), with a time of 13.42, at 55.620 km/h, but immediately the famous names began to arrive that would lift the American from the hot seat.

If he broke the timer by beating the Sheffield record by 11 seconds, and no one took him away from the first place on the first podium. Both Evenepoel and Van Aert performed well in the first round of the Swiss round, with a full week left to prove their status as the benchmark men in the race.

This Monday will be the second stage, the first on the line, between Beromünster and Nottwil, with a route of 173.7 km, a steep day with three third-category scoring ports.